'Big Bang Theory,' 'Big Brother': big ratings

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Hal BoedekerStaff writer

The ratings for "The Big Bang Theory," even in reruns, suggest that those big raises for the three stars were deserved.

CBS' "Big Bang" was the most-watched telecast nationally Thursday with 8.3 million viewers.

Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting each will reportedly receive $1 million an episode for the next three seasons. The stars negotiated jointly, an approach that paid off handsomely for the "Friends" stars.

The "Big Bang" rerun was No. 2 for the night with young adults. The winner in that category was CBS' "Big Brother," which drew 6.5 million total viewers for a double-ejection episode.

ABC ran second for the night with "The Quest" (2.2 million), "Rookie Blue" (4.6 million) and "NY Med" (5 million). NBC's best were a "Hollywood Game Night" rerun (3.5 million) and "Last Comic Standing" (3.4 million).

The prime-time averages: CBS with 6.3 million, ABC with 3.9 million, NBC with 3.1 million, Fox with 1.8 million and The CW with 610,000. CBS easily won the 18-to-49 age group.

In Orlando, "Big Brother" was the top show with 126,055 total viewers. "The Big Bang Theory" was close behind with 121,121. Rounding out the top five were "Mom" with 93,168, "NY Med" with 86,849 and "Rookie Blue" with 81,320.

Favorite programs of the 18-to-49 age group were "Big Brother," "NY Med" and "The Big Bang Theory."